Date | 24 July – 7 August 2021 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | |
Participants | 130 from 10 countries | |
Format | Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches. |
The clear favorite in the women’s tournament was the United States team, which had won the last two gold medals, the World Championships in 2015, 2017, and 2019, and also the 2019 World League. The group stages were very close in both groups. The USA lost in an upset against Hungary, but still won their group. In the other group Australia, Spain, and the Netherlands were tied with 3 wins and 1 loss and were only classified according to their head-to-head results. The USA easily won their quarter- and semi-final, while Spain defeated China and Hungary to also advance to the final.
In the final the United States continued their dominance, easily defeating Spain, 14-5, to win their third gold medal in a row. Hungary, the record winner in men’s water polo, won the bronze medal match against the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team and secured its first ever women water polo medal.
Date | 24 July – 1 August 2021 |
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Date | 24 July – 1 August 2021 |
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Format | Round-robin pool. |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
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1 | Spain | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 71-37 | ||
2 | Australia | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 46-33 | ||
3 | Netherlands | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 75-41 | ||
4 | Canada | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 48-39 | ||
5 | South Africa | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7-97 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 24 Jul 14:00 | Australia | ![]() | 8 – 5 | Canada | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 24 Jul 15:30 | Spain | ![]() | 29 – 4 | South Africa | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 26 Jul 18:20 | Australia | ![]() | 15 – 12 | Netherlands | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 26 Jul 19:50 | Spain | ![]() | 14 – 10 | Canada | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 28 Jul 14:00 | Canada | ![]() | 21 – 1 | South Africa | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 28 Jul 15:30 | Netherlands | ![]() | 14 – 13 | Spain | ![]() | |
Match #7 | 30 Jul 14:00 | Netherlands | ![]() | 33 – 1 | South Africa | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 30 Jul 19:50 | Spain | ![]() | 15 – 9 | Australia | ![]() | |
Match #9 | 01 Aug 15:30 | Netherlands | ![]() | 16 – 12 | Canada | ![]() | |
Match #10 | 01 Aug 19:50 | Australia | ![]() | 14 – 1 | South Africa | ![]() |
Date | 24 July – 1 August 2021 |
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Format | Round-robin pool. |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
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1 | United States | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 64-26 | ||
2 | Hungary | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 46-43 | ||
3 | ROC | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 53-61 | ||
4 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 51-50 | ||
5 | Japan | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 44-78 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 24 Jul 18:20 | United States | ![]() | 25 – 4 | Japan | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 24 Jul 19:50 | ROC | ![]() | 18 – 17 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 26 Jul 14:00 | United States | ![]() | 12 – 7 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 26 Jul 15:30 | ROC | ![]() | 10 – 10 | Hungary | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 28 Jul 18:20 | Hungary | ![]() | 10 – 9 | United States | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 28 Jul 19:50 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | 16 – 11 | Japan | ![]() | |
Match #7 | 30 Jul 15:30 | United States | ![]() | 18 – 5 | ROC | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 30 Jul 18:20 | Hungary | ![]() | 17 – 13 | Japan | ![]() | |
Match #9 | 01 Aug 14:00 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | 11 – 9 | Hungary | ![]() | |
Match #10 | 01 Aug 18:20 | ROC | ![]() | 20 – 16 | Japan | ![]() |
Date | 3 August 2021 |
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Format | Winners of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 03 Aug 14:00 | United States | ![]() | 16 – 5 | Canada | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 03 Aug 15:30 | Spain | ![]() | 11 – 7 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 03 Aug 18:20 | Hungary | ![]() | 14 – 11 | Netherlands | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 03 Aug 19:50 | ROC | ![]() | 9 – 8 | Australia | ![]() |
Date | 5 – 7 August 2021 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 05 Aug 18:20 | Netherlands | ![]() | 13 – 6 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 07 Aug 9:30 | Australia | ![]() | 10 – 10 | Canada | ![]() |
Date | 5 August 2021 |
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Format | Winners of each match advanced to finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 05 Aug 18:20 | United States | ![]() | 15 – 11 | ROC | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 05 Aug 19:50 | Spain | ![]() | 8 – 6 | Hungary | ![]() |
Date | 5 – 7 August 2021 |
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Format | Classification round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 07 Aug 16:30 | United States | ![]() | 14 – 5 | Spain | ![]() | |
Match 3/4 | 07 Aug 13:40 | Hungary | ![]() | 11 – 9 | ROC | ![]() | |
Match 5/6 | 07 Aug 11:00 | Australia | ![]() | 14 – 7 | Netherlands | ![]() | |
Match 7/8 | 05 Aug 14:00 | Canada | ![]() | 16 – 7 | People's Republic of China | ![]() |